Healthy Eating and Cancer
Its always good to have a healthy balanced diet and this is increasing important following a cancer diagnosis. This section will give you some advice and directs you to Macmillan booklets along with videos from their professional dieticians.
For many, a diagnosis of cancer and subsequent treatment can affect appetite in a variety of ways. During treatment nutrition is important to:
• To keep your body well nourished to cope with the treatments you may need
• To minimise weight loss
• To reduce muscle wasting
• To help battle fatigue
• To boost psychological wellbeing
• To reduce the risk of infection
The video below is a short introduction to the service offered to people with a cancer diagnosis by the Debbie Taylor of the Diet and Nutrition Team at Ipswich Hospital.
If you wish to contact the Diet and Nutrition Team at Ipswich Hospital directly, tel: 01473 704000.
For a general introduction, you will find below a recording of a workshop run by Debbie Taylor on diet and nutrition for people with a cancer diagnosis.
Click the image below to download a copy of the “Nutrition and Cancer Matters” booklet produced by the Nutrition and Dietetic Services Team:
Videos and booklets provided by Macmillan Cancer Support
Macmillan Specialist Dietician Helen Kennedy explains how a healthy diet can help you get through cancer treatment.
Keynes is a Macmillan oncology dietician. She sees cancer patients on the ward or in a clinical setting and offers them nutritional support or dietary advice.
In this cancer information video we offer some simple advice and tips for overcoming a poor appetite after cancer treatment.
The booklets below are available from Macmillan directly or from the Ipswich Cancer Wellbeing and Information Centre. Click each image to be redirected to a page on the Macmillan website where you be able to download a pdf file of each booklet.
Additionally, many charities dedicated to specific cancers publish guidance on nutrition and diet applicable before, during and after treatment, for example: